Clipped from their FB page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canfi...956136971393):
The Canfield Brothers Balance, our version of what a 27.5”, 160mm All Mountain bike SHOULD be. Tough enough for park riding, yet unparallelled pedaling performance. Go any where, do ANYTHING!

We will have more details with a full release in the upcoming months and ETA is expected to be early summer 2014.

It's been here 2 days ago. http://forums.mtbr.com/27-5-650b/fin...os-889186.html
I have yet to see the seat of the pants telling "Tough enough for park riding, yet unparallelled pedaling performance. Go any where, do ANYTHING!" as I understand it won't be available until next few months.
Thanks anyway.

The seat of MY pants haven't had a chance to tell but I get the bike today. You'll get my thoughts soon but I will agree this bike is "Tough enough for park riding" or anything else you want/ dare to throw at it. 13 years of DH bikes makes me think it should be good. The machine always tells the truth, smashy smashy, happening now. So stoked to ride the Balance, I've been wanting / pushing for this for a long time.

What kind of anti-squat traits can we expect from the Balance? I know "The One" and the Jedi and even the older Balance had very low anti-squat, which is expected from a more gravity oriented bike, but with "only" 160mm will this be a more responsive suspension design or best used with a pedal platform?

The seat of MY pants haven't had a chance to tell but I get the bike today. You'll get my thoughts soon but I will agree this bike is "Tough enough for park riding" or anything else you want/ dare to throw at it. 13 years of DH bikes makes me think it should be good. The machine always tells the truth, smashy smashy, happening now. So stoked to ride the Balance, I've been wanting / pushing for this for a long time.

Lance if it's coming from your hand no doubt there will be so much love there when designing it. And I always respect that. (I had a good memory with The One, too bad that was too much bike for my skinny a**).

As Pheller said with 27.5 and 160mm this is a strong competitor in the enduro (whatever it's called) realm. Gravity and park riding orientation is not the sole trait, the pedaling efficiency is what people wants as well here.
So yes I will wait for anyone ride report whoever got one. Of course you are the first one .
See how it can shift my Chilcotin or Rune as I am in the course of getting the 27.5 that work for me.
And how about the geometry?